Xeon Gold 5315Y vs Ryzen 3 3250U

Place in the ranking	1765	567
Place by popularity	96	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Server
Series	AMD Ryzen 3	no data
Power efficiency	15.14	8.86
Architecture codename	Picasso (2019−2022)	Ice Lake-SP (2021)
Release date	6 January 2020 (4 years ago)	6 April 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 3 3250U and Xeon Gold 5315Y basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	2 (Dual-core)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	4	16
Base clock speed	2.6 GHz	3.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.5 GHz	3.6 GHz
Multiplier	26	no data
L1 cache	192 KB	64K (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	4 MB (shared)	12 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	10 nm
Die size	246 mm²	no data
Maximum core temperature	95 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	81 °C
Number of transistors	4500 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 3 3250U and Xeon Gold 5315Y compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	1	2
Socket	FP5	FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	140 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 3 3250U and Xeon Gold 5315Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	+	-
AVX	+	+
vPro	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+
Speed Shift	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	no data	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	no data	+
TSX	-	+
Precision Boost 2	+	no data
Deep Learning Boost	-	+

Security technologies

Ryzen 3 3250U and Xeon Gold 5315Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	no data	+
EDB	no data	+
SGX	no data	Yes with Intel® SPS

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 3 3250U and Xeon Gold 5315Y are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	-
VT-d	no data	+
VT-x	no data	+
EPT	no data	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 3 3250U and Xeon Gold 5315Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR4-2933
Maximum memory size	32 GB	6 TB
Max memory channels	2	8
Maximum memory bandwidth	38.397 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	-	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

AMD Radeon RX Vega 3

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 3 3250U and Xeon Gold 5315Y.

PCIe version	3.0	4.0
PCI Express lanes	12	64

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Ryzen 3 3250U 2.49

Xeon Gold 5315Y 13.60
+446%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Ryzen 3 3250U 3809

Xeon Gold 5315Y 20820
+447%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Ryzen 3 3250U 749

Xeon Gold 5315Y 1403
+87.3%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Ryzen 3 3250U 1454

Xeon Gold 5315Y 8395
+477%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	2.49	13.60
Recency	6 January 2020	6 April 2021
Physical cores	2	8
Threads	4	16
Chip lithography	14 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	140 Watt

Ryzen 3 3250U has 833.3% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 5315Y, on the other hand, has a 446.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 40% more advanced lithography process.

The Xeon Gold 5315Y is our recommended choice as it beats the Ryzen 3 3250U in performance tests.

Be aware that Ryzen 3 3250U is a notebook processor while Xeon Gold 5315Y is a server/workstation one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Ryzen 3 3250U and Xeon Gold 5315Y, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.